Poetics of village politics: the making of West Bengal's rural communism/ (Record no. 148757)
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fixed length control field | 00401nam a2200133Ia 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 0195662687 |
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Transcribing agency | CUS |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 306.2095414 |
Item number | RUU/P |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Ruud, Arild Engelsen |
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Poetics of village politics: the making of West Bengal's rural communism/ |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | Arild Engelsen Ruud |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New Delhi: |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Oxford University Press, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2003. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | xiii, 226 p. ; |
Dimensions | 23 cm. |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
Formatted contents note | 1. Anthropology and History of Village Politics --<br/>Village and the State --<br/>The Village Politics Studies --<br/>Views from Below --<br/>What is this Thing called Culture? --<br/>2. Small Communities in Landscape and History --<br/>The Village Setting --<br/>Gradual Political Radicalization --<br/>Agrarian Relations and Increasing Poverty --<br/>The Spark: A New Line of Thinking --<br/>But Does It All Fit? --<br/>3. Two Stories about Power and Influence --<br/>'We were all in it Together?' --<br/>Gopinathpur: The Story of an Enduring Alliance --<br/>Udaynala: The Story of a Brittle Alliance --<br/>Sources of Individual 'Power' in Village History --<br/>Money-lenders as Political Leaders? --<br/>Interested Patron-Client Relationships --<br/>'Power' --<br/>As in 'Influence'? --<br/>4. Road, Poetry, and Some Crafty Young Men --<br/>On Commensality and Other Changes --<br/>The bhadralok and His Making --<br/>Selimmaster's Notebook and a Critique of Village Society --<br/>Implementing the Modern Tradition in Udaynala --<br/>Family Ties, Education, and New-found Reading Material --<br/>From the Epics to 20th Century Novels --<br/>Modern Tradition in Village Drama --<br/>Language and Status --<br/>5. Caste Stereotypes and Communist Mobilization --<br/>Excesses and Typical Village Politics --<br/>Udaynala and Gopinathpur and the United Front Period --<br/>Caste and Class, ca. 1960 --<br/>Dacoity --<br/>'We are bagdis!': The Bagdi Stereotype --<br/>Bagdis in Udaynala Village Affairs --<br/>The Shifting Alliances of the 1970s --<br/>The Bagdi, and Assertion as Identity and Source of Influence --<br/>'We Made Ourselves Low': An Untouchable Identity --<br/>Muchis in Village Public Affairs --<br/>Hierarchy and Mobilization --<br/>6. Formal Politics and Informal Politics --<br/>From the Discussion-House to the Office --<br/>New Formal Institutions: 1960s --<br/>Ohabsaheb's Exit --<br/>How Important Were the Reformed Panchayats? --<br/>Bichar --<br/>an Informal Institution --<br/>Informal Politics and Middle-Men --<br/>'Symbolic Capital' and Len-den --<br/>Formal and Informal Politics: Two Interlocked Games --<br/>7. Gossip and Reputation: The Making of Village Leaders --<br/>The Importance of Gossip --<br/>The Making and Unmaking of Individual Reputations --<br/>Towards Manikbhai's Bichar --<br/>Gossip and The Village Agenda --<br/>Manipulation --<br/>8. Conclusion --<br/>A Space for Change? |
650 ## - SUBJECT | |
Keyword | Politics and government |
Geographic subdivision | West Bengal |
650 ## - SUBJECT | |
Keyword | Communism |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
Koha item type | General Books |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 28/08/2016 | 306.2095414 RUU/P | P03417 | 17/02/2020 | 17/02/2020 | General Books |